"Shamans song, by Lola Kiepja, one of the last survivors of the Sellïnam group.
Woman's solo song. The vocal forms of the Selk'nam generaly have alternated sections, some where the words have sense, and some in sprechgesang ("spoken - sung") consisting of nonsense syllables. Among things which typify the vocal style are the importance of accents amplified by expiration, the presence of pulsation, the uniformity of syllabic duration, and above all the timbre. The sonic system puts the different degrees of the melody in correspondence with specific sonorities according to the vowels uttered. A Selk'nam song is made by combinig rhytmic, melodic and textual elements."